I see Ash's eyes become almost slits, but Jax just walks through the doorway, turns round, and slams the door shut, all whilst still carrying me like I weigh nothing.
“Jealous ass,” he mumbles as he finally sets me down on my feet and starts up the shower.
“Jealous?!” I exclaim, my eyes wide and slack-jawed as I look at him.
“Baby Girl. Trust me on this. He's all sore because he wishes it was his cum dripping off that sweet fucking pussy,” he mumbles, stalking towards me like I'm his prey. I bite my lip and close my eyes, images of Ash doing exactly what Loki just did, flashing across my vision.
My thighs clench with the dirty pictures filling my mind, my eyes snapping open as I hear the rumble of Jax's laughter from right in front of me.
“He'll come around eventually. Especially if you keep walking around like that.” He smirks, reaching out to brush the back of his fingers along the curve of my breast, and I shiver.
“Come on, Baby Girl. Time to get clean so we can get dirty again,” he beckons, giving me another cheeky smile as he tugs me towards the shower and my next few orgasms.
* * *
By the time we finish and get ready for the day, it's lunchtime. As I make my way down the spiral staircase, I can smell something so delicious my stomach growls, and Jax chuffs with laughter behind me.
“Work up an appetite, did you, Baby Girl?” he asks, chuckling.
“Shut up!” I reply, though there's no heat behind it. We reach the bottom, and my stomach growls loudly again.
Damn! I really am starving! Not surprising given all of the sexerciseI've been doing lately. Snort.
I look over to see Kai plating up what looks like homemade chicken ramen.Fucking yum!I walk over to help carry the bowls to the table, but Loki and Jax beat me to it, refusing to let me carry even my own. My inner feminist rolls her eyes, yet Her Vagisty approves of the chivalry and takes it as her due.
“Kai, this smells amazing,” I say, taking a big inhale as we sit down to eat. I look round and realise that Ash isn't here.Strange. Although, maybe the stick up his arse stops him from relaxing and he’s plotting world domination upstairs.
I pick up my chopsticks and grab some chicken, blowing on it before putting it in my mouth and...holy fuck balls!An embarrassingly loud moan escapes my lips, and my eyes close. An explosion of tastes erupts on my tongue; there's the earthy chicken stock with a hint of spicy ginger and refreshing lemongrass.
I open my eyes to see three hungry gazes staring at me, chopsticks poised over their bowls. I suddenly realise that I've had sex with two out of the three that are seated at the table, and I can feel my cheeks heating again.
“Kai, this is really fucking good!” I say, trying to break the tension in the air. It works as they all blink, like they're coming back up for air and start to eat. Kai blushes adorably, as he does a lot when I talk to him.
“Thanks, Lilly. I love to cook,” he answers, quickly looking down at his bowl and beginning to eat.
“Who taught you? I mean, it doesn't exactly seem like a rich boy's pastime, if you get my drift?” I ask with a smile. I'd love to find out more about the guys.
“My nanny taught me,” he replies, still looking into his steaming ramen bowl. “She used to take me into the kitchen and say,‘Right, Master Kai. It's time you learned how to cook so that you can feel the joy of feeding others.’And she showed me how to make all kinds of foods, from all over the world. I loved it, mixing the different flavors and figuring out what works well together. She was right. There is great joy to be found in feeding others, I love to give people what I make. It makes me happy to see them enjoying my food.” He's become animated as he speaks, more so than I've seen so far, and there's a glow in his eyes, a warmth that I haven't seen before.He loved her,I think, a little surprised that a rich kid would feel such affection for a servant.
Judgemental much, Lilly?
“Do you still see her? Your nanny?” I ask as we continue to eat the yummy noodles. The light goes out of his gaze at my question, making the amber brown of his eyes dull and sad.
“Uh, well, when my uncle discovered that she was teaching me to cook, he fired her and wouldn't tell me her address or anything. So, no. I don't see her anymore.” He sighs sadly, looking back down to his bowl, and placing his chopsticks down beside it.
My heart aches for him.It's official, his uncle is a dickhead of the highest caliber.Being able to cook is a valuable life skill and to punish someone for teaching a child?!What the ever loving fuck is wrong with these people? And what about his parents? Where are, or were, they?A twinge of pain stabs me in the gut at that thought, so I decide not to pursue it.
“So, where's Ash today? Off to torture unsuspecting kittens?” I joke, seeing it falls a little flat as the guys all seem to wince and cringe.Goddammit! Foot meet mouth.
Loki clears his throat, “Ash goes home for the weekend,” he tentatively tells me.
I've never seen him so...somber before.What's that about?I wonder. None of the others elaborate, all avoiding my gaze which is shifty as fuck.
“Okay, cool. So…” I start, hoping this time I don't make a tit of myself, “what do you guys do on the weekends?” I nervously glance at them to see what their reactions are, hoping it’s not another tricky subject.
“I'm hitting the gym,” Jax drawls whilst wolfing down his ramen.
“All weekend?!” I exclaim, although looking at his drool-worthy muscles that his black tank shows off to perfection, and remembering the feel of restrained power and violence he exuded when he was on top and inside of me, makes me appreciate the time he spends working on his body.